A Beulah man who appeared in court to plead guilty to assaulting another man in Penparc has been fined by magistrates and handed a restraining order.

Wayne Richards, of Talar Wen, appeared before Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on 15 April.

The 69-year-old pleaded guilty at the hearing to a charge of the assault by beating of Paul Moran at an address in Penparc on 27 October last year.

Magistrates handed Richards a fine of £384 and ordered him to pay compensation to the victim of £200.

Magistrates also made Richards the subject of a 12 month restraining order.

He must also pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85 as well as a surcharge to fund victim services of £154.